In this section:

• Aperio Diagnostic Ltd
• EPAQ Systems Ltd
• Panoramic Test Object (TOPAN)
• Drip Stand
• Preventing Risk of Pre-term Birth
• Knight Sheffield Bed
• PC Cart
• Interactive Radiotherapy Planning for Students (IRPS)
• Sacral Support Arm
• Eat Yourself Happy
• Radiotherapy Book
• Simple Rules Toolkit
• Switch Environment Assessment Tool
• Verified Login
• JView
• Plaster Room Techniques CD

Aperio Diagnostic Ltd (Now Zilico)

Zilico Ltd is a spin out formed in March 2006 to further develop and take to market a diagnostic probe for cervical cancer screening. Consultant gynaecologist Dr John Tidy at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Emeritus Professor Brian Brown from the University of Sheffield’s medical physics department have refined the technique of impedance imaging to detect differences between cervix normal squamous tissue structure and pre cancerous tissue. The results have been very promising when compared against tissue samples obtained via colposcopy and indicate that the probe may have applications as a rapid diagnostic check/research tool for detection of cervical cancer.

Design companies are currently producing a commercial version of the probe which will be validated in a multi-centre clinical trial in 2007. Medipex and Exomedica, shareholders in Zilico are currently raising funds for the clinical trials and the regulatory processes required to get the probe to market.